Tacitus Quotes

To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.

Tacitus

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• Solitude
• Policy
• Murder

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• I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

  

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• Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.

  

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• Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

  

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• To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.

  

  Brown Campbell
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• One shouldn't know the future.

  

  Zubin Mehta
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• One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.

  

  Saint Ambrose
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• The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

  

  Oscar Niemeyer
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• There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • God
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• You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

  

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  • Service
  • Habit
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• One of my little girls is named Reagan. Her first words were, 'Mr. Larry, tear down this crib.' That was her first words, it was very sweet. My first words were, 'Are you going to finish that sandwich?'

  

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• You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

  

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  • Career
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• Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybody wants to be the quarterback or the game-winning wide receiver. I've been around long enough and done enough stuff to where I don't feel that way. I just want to do what I do as well as possible.

  

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• Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

  

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• We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

  

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• It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

  

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• I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.

  

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• It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprise.

  

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• As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.

  

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• The government and the opposition need to think about their people, if they actually went out and saw the conditions in which their people are living, it might actually mean that they would pause and think again about the importance of peace.

  

  Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
  • People
  • Peace

• When Saddam Hussein was overthrown, Iraqis resolved never to allow one man, one political party, or one segment of society to dominate our diverse nation. Now we have the opportunity to build an Iraq worthy of what we are: a pluralist people, steeped in history, striving to build one nation in peace and mutual respect.

  

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  • Society
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• Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.

  

  Germaine Greer
  • Loneliness
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• To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.

  

  Tacitus
  • Peace
  • Language
  • Solitude